Daughter rape case: French diplomat's DNA test is inconclusive

French diplomat Pascal Mazurier has been arrested on the charge of raping his four-year-old daughter.

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PTI

July 7, 2012

UPDATED: July 9, 2012 19:36 IST

French diplomat Pascal Mazurier.

Police said on Saturday they would seek clarifications on the DNA test report on French diplomat Pascal Mazurier, arrested on the charge of raping his four-year-old daughter, as it remained "inconclusive".

"The investigating officer in the case has already been directed to seek clarifications about the report as some test results are negative while others are positive. The Forensic Science Laboratory report appears inconclusive," Additional Commissioner of Police (Law & Order) T Suneel Kumar said.

However, senior advocate Pramila Nesargi, counsel for Pascal's wife, Suja Jones on the basis of whose complaint he was arrested, charged police with trying to cover up the case.

"They can send it back to FSL for clarifications if they want, but it really looks as if police is trying to cover up the case. Prima facie proof is in the Baptist Hospital where the child was first taken", she said.

Nesargi alleged that when Pascal was taken to Bowring Hospital, the necessary samples were not taken in their presence. She also charged police with giving the child's clothes for the test three days after the incident after it had been washed.

Mazurier, Deputy Head of Chancery in the Consulate of France, was arrested on June 19 on a complaint by his wife Suja Jones Mazurier, a native of southern Indian state of Kerala, alleging that he had raped their four-year-old daughter. The issue led to a public outrage before the diplomat was arrested.

A magisterial court on July 3 had extended by 14 days the judicial custody of Pascal.

His bail petition has been adjourned to July 9 by a Fast Track Court after police filed objections to the plea.